Employer: STERK
Carpenter — Norðagøta
- Place: Norðagøta
- Trade: Carpenter
- Start: 15 Oct 2026
- Job type: Temporary
- 3 positions
≈ 20.200–24.400 DKK in the bank per month
Illustrative bank pay, full worked month equivalent
165,96–185,88 DKK per hour, gross
Base hourly rate (collective agreement)
Estimates depend on experience, tax status and schedule; they do not guarantee a bank payment. Practical arrangements and costs are confirmed in your written offer.
About the position
All-round carpenter on an rental apartment project at Norðagøta (Faroe Islands).
Main tasks:
- Interior carpentry: building partition walls and finishing apartments inside.
- Assisting the concrete crew when raising row C of the apartment complex.
- Exterior work as needed: insulating the plinth and fitting plinth boards; battening, insulating and cladding concrete walls; exterior cladding; making wall copings.
The work is carried out on site under the client's foreman, following the site's safety rules and STERK's staff handbook. Tasks may vary with the progress of the project.
Requirements
- We are looking for 3 qualified Carpenters
- Minimum 4 years of proven, relevant trade experience
- Communicative English or a Scandinavian language
- Reliability, diligence, and pride in work
- Positive attitude and teamwork skills
- Valid EU/EEA passport
- Clean criminal record certificate required
- Good physical fitness for work in varied weather
- Driver's license category B preferred
Benefits package
- Housing arrangements
- Your first flight here is covered
- Work-injury cover from your first day
- Life insurance and sudden-illness insurance — included for everyone
- Travel medical insurance (you buy it)
- Holiday pay at the agreed rate
- Accommodation: Housing arranged by STERK; room type and any housing deduction confirmed in your written offer
- Travel arrangements: STERK books and pays your first flight to the Faroe Islands. After that you book and pay your own trips home, unless your contract says otherwise
- Airport shuttle: STERK books the shuttle that takes you from the airport to your housing
- Work equipment: Tools, work clothing and protective equipment: supply arrangements and any costs confirmed in your written offer
- Travel medical insurance (you buy it): Travel medical insurance for your first 42 days: STERK strongly urges you to buy this yourself before departure — it is not required by law or by STERK and is not reimbursed, but without it you pay for any medical attention yourself. All other insurances (work injury, annual Europe travel, belongings, life, sudden illness) are provided by STERK
- Admin support: Guidance with bank account setup, tax registration and the documents needed for onboarding
Practical arrangements and costs are confirmed in your written offer. You arrange and pay for travel medical insurance.
Contact
You can also write to us in the STERK app.
This role is in the Faroe Islands. A work permit is required for citizens outside the Nordic countries.